Best Black Friday Gaming Laptop Deals Under $1,000 for 2023
A long time ago, there was no such thing as a good gaming laptop , and you would often have to spend well over $1,000, and sometimes as much as $2,000 to $3,000 to get something good. Luckily, the past few years have seen a surge in great budget-friendly gaming laptops, and with all the Black Friday deals happening today, it’s the best time of the year to grab yourself a new laptop. As such, we’ve done our best to include laptops in different price ranges but not exceeding $1,000, so be sure to check our picks below.
HP Victus 15 — $550, was $900
The HP Victus is a good budget laptop, and while the RTX 3050 under the hood isn’t that powerful, it should handle most games from the past few years at a reasonably 60Hz frame rate, although you will have to compromise on graphics a little. Luckily, you get an Intel Core i5-13420H and 8GB of memory, so it’s great for day-to-day and productivity use, making it pretty versatile. The screen can also hit a 144Hz refresh rate, which might push the RTX 3050 to its limit, but at least it lets you decide what you want to prioritize.
Acer Nitro 5 — $680, was $950
With an RTX 3050 Ti under the hood, the Acer Nitro 5 is a bit better suited to handle games without making a lot of compromises, although it will still struggle to hit the max 144Hz refresh rate on anything except the big free-to-play games that are very well optimized for it. You get a similar Intel Core i5-12450H, but there’s a little bit more RAM thrown at 16GB, so it’s going to give you a bit more headroom when gaming and with general use, so it’s worth the extra $120 for the better GPU and RAM if you can swing it.
